David Fincher Extends Netflix Deal, Now Expires in 2027

[lovelylaura23]

David Fincher Extends Deal With Netflix & Says Streamer Allows Him To Take “Risks” https://t.co/EunTVLGIxd pic.twitter.com/EV13gpconT
- The Playlist (@ThePlaylistNews) January 23, 2024

- Praises Netflix for Letting Him Take Risks: “I don’t feel like I’m deviating from my previous approach when working with Netflix. I make them take the same type

Comments

[distant_lines]

They draw the line at Mindhunter but not throwing millions at some guy who was giving them nothing to show for his work?!

I may not be remembering correctly, but it's something like that.

[genbu_no_miko24]

"but not throwing millions at some guy who was giving them nothing to show for his work?!"

Prince Harry?

[thereinventions]

Wait, so Netflix can throw millions at shitty shows and movies, but draws the line at throwing millions at something good like Mindhunter?

[flirflir]

Fuckkkk I miss her

[the_wicker_man]

We'll always have Fringe

[gumby]

We went as far as we could until someone finally said to us, ‘It makes no sense to produce this series like this, unless you can reduce the budget, or make it more pop, so that more people will watch it.’

i think people were unfortunately turned off by the beginning/middle of S1, which were a bit boring. i stuck with it and am so glad i did, because i found the end of S1 and S2 riveting.

[melancolour]

don't talk about mindhunter unless you're giving us a new season you tease

[du_fric]

i don't want to defend Netflix in any way but nothing he's saying is really adding up!! s3 was put on hold because Fincher was finishing Mank, then netflix released the cast from their contracts a year later because he was busy with other projects. Netflix even sounded excited about the possibility of him revisiting it, according to 9them (via him?) in 5 years or so. And THEN all this stuff about production costs came out.

idk I'm sure there's a truth in the middle here but it sounds like David Fincher wasn't passionate about the material anymore. He clearly has power, even within netflix. I don't buy him reasoning 100% and I think netflix is letting him say whatever he wants because they're already viewed in negative light and there's no point to go against a talented creator on their roster

[hautexmaglia]

You're totally correct, he keeps adding stuff when from the start netflix said that they were waiting for him, the actors were tied to the contract until they couldnt wait for him anymore and they let them go to do other things.
The budget thing is true but it's also the fact that he wasnt interested in making a season 3.
It blows my mind how he keeps adding stuff in comparison to the interviews he has been doing for years.

[du_fric]

He waited almost an entire year from Netflix's original statement to ever say anything about it. I'm sure they were tied up in negotiations and he was busy. His reasoning sounds flippant and self-victimizing at the same time.

[palmerraids]

I keep saying - being a Fincher fan is legit torture!!! He's soo goddamn flaky and leaves you hanging at the best (aka worst parts). S3 of Mindhunter was really starting to get good too with the whole BTK thing.... *sigh*